in the beautiful array of humanity ( corrected)

I realized this morning that the end of my thought was cut off yesterday..
i had many emails asking me what Fr. Joe said,
"Don't look to the right or left,
just keep walking."
when i wrote this yesterday i had no idea how appropriate it was,
at the Walk for Life West we walked for 2 hours
half in a steady rain
half in the cool sunshine
there were 40,000 of us
peacefully walking for babies
for the culture of life
i didn't hear one person complain about the rain
in fact,
it seemed to bring more smiles and laughter
as i walked in the beautiful array of humanity,
i heard one teenager say,
"i bet this is what heaven will look like"
African Americans, Caucasians, Asians, Native Americans, Irish, French, Italian, Latin Americans,
Polish, Russian, etc..  Catholics, Protestants, men, women, teenagers, college students,
highs schools, little kids, dogs...(didn't see any cats)
all along the route i heard the rosary prayed in numerous languages
very moving
then i heard this from the protesters chanting and screaming wild eyed on the sidewalks,
"Keep your rosaries off our ovaries!!!"
i am from Mississippi,
and this is just plain rude and a little bit disgusting
i stared deeply into the eyes of as many of these folks as i could,
with compassion and sadness,

every single one averted his or her gaze, as if they were embarrassed,
i prayed my rosary for mercy to fall upon them
for grace to fall upon them
(to fall upon all of us)
so that we might all long more for our Beloved.
but honestly,
another part of me wanted to scream back,
"These dear rosaries want to free your ovaries from Planned Parenthood you bunch of  brainwashed slaves to hate and death!"
but i didn't.
i just kept walking Fr. Joe...
 
wkm
San Francisco CA
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